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The Amazing Spider-Man is a famously cheerful, joke-cracking superhero, but the Web-Head has had his darker moments, with the darkest being in the 2007 Back in Black comics story. Coming on the heels ...
An expert shares tips and tricks for keeping those creepy-crawlies away. To keep spiders out, seal up entry points, keep your ...
Jumping spiders are famous for their complex behaviors, including intricate mating dances. With a jiggle of their bodies and a flick of their limbs, the spiders will engage in a complex act of ...
Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.
The arachnids are like spiders' more frightening-looking cousins. But if you think they're waiting to ambush innocent hikers, ...
Among the most common spiders found in and around the home, the shy grass spider (aka a funnel-web spider) builds dense, silk-lined webs/burrows to trap its insect victims. They’re also super fast ...
It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...
Summer is here, and so are the bugs. Every summer, insects and arachnids alike seem to come in swarms. Spending time outside ...
This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.
Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...
In an unexpected twist, a non-venomous spider has been caught poisoning its victims by lacing its silk wrappings with vomited ...
Man, Invincible, some of the biggest names in all of comics, as simple as they are iconic. They’re names that are not only ...